This is a sad story about a girl Mary Mac And her wondering lover Bob
I can hear her callin' Hey, Bobba Needle, Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Bobba Needle, Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Bob, hey, Bob
Mac, Mac, Mac All dressed in black, black, cha know I'm tryin', tryin', tryin' Just to come on back, back,
'Cause I a plane, plane, plane But there was some rain, rain, And was no flyin', flyin', flyin' So I a train, train, train
Oh, Mac, Mac, Mac It went off the track, track, Can't you see I'm dyin', dyin', Just to on back, back, back
Oh, softly I can hear you Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Needle Hey, Bobba Needle, Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Bob, hey, Bob
Well, I took a boat, boat, But it float, float, float So I on a puffin', puffin', puffin' That was all she wrote, wrote,
So I must my cross, cross, cross And I bought a horse, horse, But it keeps runnin', runnin', runnin' All the track, track, track
Baby, I ain't lyin', lyin', Can't you see I'm tryin', tryin', tryin' cha know I'm tryin', tryin', tryin' Just to on back to Mary Mac
Oh, softly I can hear her Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Needle Hey, Bob, hey, Bob